I have started a new project. A knitting project. This is a bit brave of me since I still haven’t finished the one I began when I went to Barcelona together with my grand mother alias the super knitter, (- I can’t seem to find the pattern anywhere, so I guess it is still among the unopened boxes that lie waiting for me to take action). However, since so everyone has taken to knitting I am inspired and feel an urge to knit. I have found two easy projects, and this is the first one.

By the way, on my blog tour tonight I discovered the blog of La Condena de Aracne. She has a link to a hilarious and cute video called “The Last Knit” that I recommend to everyone that hasn’t already seen it (I always seem to be the last one to find out about these things).

Every year about this time I get an urge to put on a cosy woollen sweater, light the candles in the window, zip steaming hot tea from a huge cup and listen to one of my favourite cd’s. The funny thing is that the cd’s I pick from the shelf during autumn usually are the same; something jazzy, groovy or somewhat alternative like “That Great October Sound” by Thomas Dybdahl. I recommend it for a slow evening indoors with your favourite craft.

Since you seemed to like the monkey fabric I might as well also show you the other Aranzi Aranzo fabric I have. This was actually the first fabric I bought online when I began this crafting adventure with textiles. I cannot remember how I discovered the fabric, probably somewhere in flickr. For those of you who have been keeping an eye on my flickr photos you will recognise one of the fabrics from the needle book I made back in March. Since then I have been itching to use one of the reminding three fabrics for a project, and I finally did with the Obi Scarf. Now there are two fabrics left that need to be used sometime in the future.

I have almost finished the wool & monkey project. I only need to learn how to make a button whole with my sewing machine and find a button that fits the project. Since you have been waiting so patiently to find out what it will be I will not keep you waiting any longer. I have wanted to make an Obi-scarf all since I first discovered Moonstitches blog and the scarf she made for her daughter back in January. Later on I have discovered several other crafters (like six and a half stitches and black dog design) with their versions of the Obi scarf. Over at Nora’s blog you can find a tutorial if you get tempted. It is an easy project and if you are not a slow crafter like me you can make one in no time.

This weekend I finally had some time to do some crafting. It feels so good to be able to sit down and stitch a bit in between all the unpacking. It has been forecasted – 1 degree (Celsius) tomorrow morning and it will become colder throughout this fall and winter. It suits me well then that I am soon finished with the wool & monkey project…

Over at Prickly Pear Blooms a follow-on from the original Pay it Forward crafty exchange has been started. Back in July I agreed to participate over at Di’s blog and committed to the following:

"I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week… LOL… but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog."

The first 3 people to comment on my blog saying they want to join in will therefore receive a piece of handmade Life in Yonder goodness as long as they promise to Pay it Forward on their blog. I am not sure what I will make yet, but like Di says that's all part of the fun! Remember the goodies must be handmade!

Just leave me a comment that you want to play along and paste the promise into your blog!

Last Thursday our furniture and boxes filled with all our things arrived at our new flat. We have been living for two months in a 68m2 flat with a refrigerator, a kitchen stove and two “folding beds” from IKEA. As you can imagine, we have been longing to get our things, and to put everything in its right place. But after living in a spacious empty flat for two months with lots of air, it feels like all the furniture and boxes are cramping up the space, taking away air to breathe and it is putting us in a bad mood.

As you know I was planning on finishing up my new project (wool & monkey) rather quickly. Now it is not likely to happen as soon as I had hoped for. Instead I have to empty card board boxes. As opposed to most of my friends I do not (!) enjoy undoing boxes. So far I have managed to undo about 4 boxes a day, but it seems to never end. I have filled up three boxes with things that can be recycled (very proud of myself) and promised myself that I shall think twice (and three, four and five times) before I buy anything for the next three years (except for when it comes to fabrics…of course). So dear you send me some positive “unpacking boxes” energy which I need badly, so that I can finish this boring task and continue with my sewing project as soon as possible!?!!